From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe sooner ( ... ) the betterthe sooner ( ... ) the betterused to say that it is important that something should happen very soon The sooner we get this job finished the better. Let’s get out of here! The sooner the better! → soon
Examples from the Corpus
the sooner ( ... ) the better• The sooner we get these bills paid off, the better.• They knew they had to leave town, and the sooner the better. 